Shock-binder.



P. H. CASEY.

SHOCK BINDER.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 20, 1913.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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PATRICK H. CASEY, OF ERIN. WISCONSIN.

SHOCK-BINDER.

Application filed December 20, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK H. CASEY, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Erin, in the county ofSt. Groix and State of lVisconsin, have invented a new and ImprovedShock-Binder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescrip' tion.

My invention relates to shock binders, and the object thereof is toprovide a simple and inexpensive device whereby a shock of grain can bequickly and easily tied or untied; and when the shock is tied by meansof my device the device cannot loosen itself accidentally, that is, whenthe shock is handled as is customary.

I attain the above object by providing a flexible member having loops atthe extremities and a rod adapted to engage the loops of the flexiblemember, whereby one of the loops can be forced through the other loopand maintained there by said rod.

The invention consists of the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and fully set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which like characters indicate correspondingparts in all the views and in which:

Figure l is an elevation of a shock of grain tied by means of my device;Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device showing the flexible member; Fig. 3is a similar view showing the device in process of binding a shock; andFig. 4: is a perspective View of a modification of the device when thesame is in a locked condition.

Referring to the drawings, 5 represents a flexible member, preferably arope of suitable length, having at one end loop 6 formed by the rope andat the opposite end another loop, preferably in the shape of a metalliclink, 7 carried by the member 5. Engaging the loop 6 and the link 7 is arod 8 bent at its ends in opposite directions. The bend 9 forming theupper end of the rod is shorter than the bend 10 forming the handle ofthe rod and its lower end.

l/Vhen a shock is to be bound by means Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 807,900.

of the device, the end 9 of the rod is made to engage the loop 6 and theend 10 to link 7, as shown in Fig. 2. The device is made to encircle theshock with the loop 9 drawn toward the link 7 by means of the end 9 ofthe rod until the loop 6 is drawn through the link 7, then the rod 8 isforced so that the end 9 of the rod moves slightly away from the loop 6,then the rod 8 is turned so as to lie transversely of the link 7 therebyforming the flexible member 5 into a ring about the shock, with the end10 of the rod 8 forced between the stems, and thereby the same isprevented from accidental displacement when the shock is handled; andeven if the rod should be accidentally displaced, the pulling of theflexible member can under no circumstances force the rod 8 through thelink so as to through the link 7. p

In the modified form, as shown in Fig. 4, in place of a link a hook 11is provided. in which case the results obtained, as can be seen, aresubstantially the same. It is understood that the end 12 of the hook isbent far enough to form a deep hook, wl1ereby the rod 8 cannot by aslight displacement pass the end 12 and permit the loop 6 to disengageitself.

To untie the shock of grain, the rod 8 is pulled so that the end 9 isbrought toward the loop 6, where, by a slight turn, the said end is madeto pass through the link 7 and therewith the loop, thereby untying theshock.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a device of the class described, a flexible member having a loopat one end and a link at the other end; and a rod having bent endsadapted to engage said loop and link whereby the loop is adapted to bepulled through the link by said rod to form said flexible member into aring, said rod being adapted to be placed transversely of the link,preventing the pulling out of said loop through the link.

2. In a device of the class described, a 100 flexible member having aloop at one end and a rigid member at the other end; and

permit the loop 6 to pass a rod having bent ends adapted to engage Intestimony whereof I have signed my said 100p and rigid member wherebythe name to this specification in the presence of loop is adapted toengage said rigid memtwo subscribing witnesses.

ber to form said flexible member into a ring, PATRICK CASEY. 5 said rodlocking said loop to said rigid mem- Witnesses:

ber thereby maintaining said flexible mem- J. E. HUGHES,

her in ring form. WM. HUGHES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

